Philosophy Workshop

The Catholic and Dominican Institute's Eighth Annual Philosophy Workshop, "Aquinas on Divine Attributes," will be held at Mount Saint Mary College on June 14-17, 2018.

The Catholic intellectual tradition has staunchly maintained that God’s existence can be known by reason alone and long heralded St. Thomas Aquinas’s Five Ways as prime examples of plausible demonstrations. This year’s workshop on the divine attributes will serve as a robust introduction to Aquinas’s natural theology for the Thomistic beginner and a speculative advancement for the veteran. Specific divine attributes will be explored as well as the broader issues of the possibility of knowledge of God in this life and divine naming.

Presenters include:

Anna Bonta Moreland, Villanova University

Fr. Stephen Brock, Pontifical University of the Holy Cross

Brian Carl, PhD, Dominican House of Studies

Michael Gorman, PhD, The Catholic University of America

Josh Hochschild, PhD, Mount St. Mary's University

James Madden, PhD, Benedictine College

Fr. Raymund Snyder, OP, Thomistic Institute

Candace Vogler, PhD, University of Chicago

This event is sponsored by the Catholic and Dominican Institute at Mount Saint Mary College; the Thomistic Institute at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C.; and the Notre Dame Center for Ethics and Culture in Indiana.